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A new study confirms what many women in TV production already suspect: males continue to outnumber females when it comes to how reality shows are made. Men make up 58.4% of executive producers, supervising producers, and show creators, while women only make up 41.5%, according to a study commissioned…

Sarah Paulson and Shonda Rhimes honored The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media with the prestigious Governors Award on Monday night at the Primetime Emmy Awards. Accepting the statuette were founder Geena Davis and the organization’s president and CEO, Madeline Di Nonno. The institute's data-driven research…

The Television Academy has named the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media as the 2022 Governors Award recipient for the organization’s efforts in promoting gender equality in the entertainment industry. The institute was chosen by the Academy’s board of governors and will receive its Emmy statuette during the…

A recent Nielsen poll found that 87% of respondents are "interested in seeing more content featuring people from outside their identity group." To that end, a new study shows how the behind-the-scenes landscape is affecting content desired by audiences and advertisers alike. The Think Tank for Inclusion and Equity — a…

UPDATED, 2:00 PM: NBCUniversal’s Global Talent Development & Inclusion group has expanded its Spellcheck for Bias partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, in an effort to further bolster authentic onscreen representation and casting opportunities for underrepresented talent. Spellcheck for Bias…

The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media has teamed with the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment and Gold House on a new study shedding light on representation and perceptions of Asian and Pacific Islanders in the entertainment industry. The report, titled “I Am Not a Fetish or Model Minority: Redefining…

Portrayals of Black women and girls in film are showing signs of progress, with those characters more likely to be depicted as leaders or as working in STEM professions than white females, but issues of” colorism” still exist, according to a study released Tuesday. The research by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender…

As Hollywood tries its best to be diverse and inclusive without falling into the trap of tokenism, Final Draft has teamed with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and has added an Inclusivity Analysis feature to their software screenwriting program. The Inclusivity Analysis feature will be available on Final…

With March being Women’s History Month, the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) will celebrate women in cinema with events in Los Angeles and Atlanta on March 23, honoring veteran producer Stephanie Allain and Madeline Di Nonno, an exec with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. The events are…